fluctuations

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The heat and fluctuations in rainfall affect reproduction.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The department cleared about 38% of violent crimes in 2018 and about 47% in 2024, with several fluctuations within that range in the years between, according to state data.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

From a strictly formal standpoint, it is more probable for the patterns that make up our memories and observations to arise from random entropy fluctuations than from a real sequence of past events.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Despite the fluctuations of recent weeks, the price of oil remains much higher than the pre-conflict price of a barrel.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Studies reporting small nonzero correlations are often merely reporting chance fluctuations, and are about as meaningful as a coin being flipped fifty times and not coming up heads half the time.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos